Marilyn Zelke-Windau lives in Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin, with her husband and year-old golden retriever. Recently retired from teaching art to elementary school children, she enjoys her newly free hours to write, give art center tours and workshops, garden, and draw. Her poems have appeared in several publications and she is a member of the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets.

gjressmeyer:
Georgia Ressmeyer: You almost have me wishing for more snow, Marilyn, so I can den up in my own cozy fort and listen to the "whisper ... of whisker snow." Thanks!Posted 01/30/2012 09:16 AM

tannerlynne:
the first few lines of this poem are so delicious i read them over and over... a lovely poem. And oh Marilyn, I am jealous also of your year old golden retriever...what fun Posted 01/30/2012 08:04 AM

ed werstein:
nice one Marilyn!Posted 01/30/2012 07:41 AM

Kay Sanders:
"Cool is the whisper
of white," -- I love it, both the sound and the image!Posted 01/30/2012 07:21 AM